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Being your best when your best is needed. The ability to enjoy challenges when things become difficult and to derive exhilaration from them.

John Wooden

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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Military Officer
Hall
Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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Needed
Challenges
Ability
Enjoy
Difficult
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Best
Exhilaration

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